Kottaikarupaye is another lady working in the quality checking departent. She is 25 years old married with a 7 year old sdaughter who is studying in 3rd standard in a Govt. School. When I was interviewing Sudha, she volunteered to give interview- which made me happy. She is young and very expressive. I was happy to be able to communicate with her in broken english, hindi and tamil. We learned some of the greetings in tamil during our trip to RTU few years back.Her village is Kallupatti – and her house is not very far from work station. She has studied till 8th standard and can write in english. Besides, she and her husband is helping her daughter in her studies. Her husband is doing correspondence course in B.Com but working as a daily wage labour. They have been married for 8 years and he is 27 years.
She worked in the quality checking department for a year before RTU closed down the industry unit. For a year, She did not work and stayed at home. It has been 8 months since she joined Aaharam in the quality checking department. Before that she was in the banana rope production for CCD which is weaved to make window and door curtains. At Aaharam, her earning is Rs. 2000 per month same as that of her husband. She does not have to pay fees for her children as it is a Govt. school. She wants her daughter to pursue higher education.From the Govt., they got free TV during the previous Govt. rule. The present Govt. is providing rice for free under the Public distribution system, fan and mixer for free to all the people in September- said Mrs. Gomathy.
The public distribution system is applicable to people holding ration card. The rates for these distribution in Chennai are as follow:-
| Particulars | Rupees per kg | Allotted kg for each family |
| Rice | Free | 20 kg |
| Wheat | Rs. 14 per kg | 3 kg |
| Sugar | Rs. 25 per kg | 2 kg |
| Edible oil | Rs. 45 per kg | 3 ltr |
| Dal | Rs. 25 per kg | 1 kg |
Tsering Youdon
Fair Trade Coordinator
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